story: Lublin Voivodeship, or Lublin Province (in Polish, "województwo lubelskie" ), is a voivodeship, or province, located in southeastern Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin, Chełm, Zamość, Biała Podlaska and (partially) Tarnobrzeg and Siedlce Voivodeships, pursuant to Polish local government reforms adopted in 1998. The province is named after its largest city and regional capital, Lublin, and its territory is made of four historical lands: the western part of the voivodeship, with Lublin itself, belongs to Lesser Poland, the eastern part of Lublin Area belongs to Red Ruthenia, and the northeast belongs to Polesie and Podlasie. 
  
  Lublin Voivodeship is bordered by Subcarpathian Voivodeship to the south, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship to the south-west, Masovian Voivodeship to the west and north, Podlaskie Voivodeship along a short boundary to the north, and Belarus and Ukraine to the east. The province's population as of 2006 was 2,175,251. It covers an area of . 
  
  The that encompasses Lublin, and approximates Lublin Voivodeship as it was before the Partitions of Poland, is known as "Lubelszczyzna". Provinces centred on Lublin have existed throughout much of Poland's history; for details see the section below on Previous Lublin Voivodeships. 
  
  The region was, before World War II, one of the world's leading centres of Judaism. Before the middle of the 16th century, there were few Jews in the area, concentrated in Lublin, Kazimierz Dolny, and perhaps Chełm; but the founding of new private towns led to a large movement of Jews into the region to develop trade and services. Since these new towns competed with the existing towns for business, there followed a low-intensity, long-lasting feeling of resentment, with failed attempts to limit the Jewish immigration. The Jews tended to settle mostly in the cities and towns, with only individual families setting up businesses in the rural regions; this urban/rural division became another factor feeding resentment of the newly arrived economic competitors. By the middle of the 18th century, Jews were a significant part of the population in Kraśnik, Lubartów and Łęczna.
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answers: Lublin Voivodeship
answers: Lublin Voivodeship
answers: Podlaskie Voivodeship
answers:  Podlaskie Voivodeship
answers: Belarus and Ukraine
answers: Belarus and Ukraine
answers: Masovian Voivodeship
answers: Masovian Voivodeship
answers: Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
answers: Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship
answers: Subcarpathian Voivodeship
answers: Subcarpathian Voivodeship
answers: Poland
answers: Poland
answers: 1999
answers: 1999
answers: out of the former Lublin, Chełm, Zamość, Biała Podlaska and (partially) Tarnobrzeg and Siedlce Voivodeships
answers: out of the former Lublin, Chełm, Zamość, Biała Podlaska and (partially) Tarnobrzeg and Siedlce Voivodeships
answers: after its largest city and regional capital
answers: after its largest city and regional capital
answers: Lesser Poland
answers: Lesser Poland
answers: Polesie and Podlasie
answers: Polesie and Podlasie
answers: Red Ruthenia
answers: Red Ruthenia
answers: 2,175,251
answers: 2,175,251
answers: 2006
answers: 2006
answers: one of the world's leading centres of Judaism
answers: one of the world's leading centres of Judaism
answers: By the middle of the 18th century,
answers: By the middle of the 18th century,